The Pelicans take on the Magic Thursday night but have already been eliminated from playoff contention. Prior to the game Thursday, the team went 2-5 with Zion playing sparingly in the first two games as the Pelicans tried to ease him into playing shape and they also sat him on the second game of a back-to-back.
Daniel Sallerson explains why Zion was played so sparsely during the seeding games and you can catch the podcast below.
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